It’s our show. It’s our generation. It’s our people. So when I heard about the 40^th anniversary special that was airing (last night) I was not only psyched but interested to see how it would be presented.

It was a reunion for the players and a reunion for us. Here’s my list of top ten observations about the 40^th anniversary show.

1. Like every SNL show, there were some hits and some misses
2. Like at any reunion, I didn’t remember everyone’s name (Joe Piscopo, Norm McDonald, and more)
3. The original players have aged accordingly (Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Jane Curtin, etc)
4. Like most SNL shows, the musical act is timely as in Kanye West after the recent Grammy nonsense he pulled
5. Not everybody was there. Julia Louis Dreyfus, for example
6. It was a much deserved tribute to Lorne Michaels
7. OMG moments (McCartney playing “Maybe I’m Amazed” and being intro’d by Keith Richards; Bradley Cooper making out with Betty White)
8. Some of the commercials seemed to be made for the show (Android, Reebok)
9. Fun that it aired the week between the Grammys and the Oscars
10. One-time-only show with an enormous amount of celebrities

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Whiplash is the story of a young drummer (Miles Teller) attending a prestigious music college and his extremely tough, abusive teacher/mentor (JK Simmons). Simmons already won the Golden Globe for best supporting actor, and while his character is unlikeable, there’s no denying his performance was captivating.

Although American Sniper opened in New York, LA and Dallas on Christmas Day, it opens in Philadelphia and worldwide tomorrow, January 16. The film is based on a true story of a Navy Seal, Chris Kyle, played by Bradley Cooper.

Bradley Cooper is up for lead actor. This is the third Oscar nomination for the Rydal native, the other two being Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle.

Some film critics noted that the director of American Sniper, Clint Eastwood was snubbed for Best Director category.  Meanwhile, Foxcatcher was not nominated for Best Picture but the director is nominated.

The Grand Budapest Hotel came out in March 2014 and got the most nominations tying with Birdman. Meryl Streep has her 19^th nomination for Into the Woods as Best Supporting Actress but Patricia Arquette will likely take the Oscar home as she did the Golden Globe for Boyhood, a slice-of-life film that shot in 39 days over the course of 12 years using all the same actors. We watch a boy named Mason (Ellar Coltrane) grow up.

Boyhood is nominated for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Supporting Actor Ethan Hawk, and the aforementioned Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette along with Richard Linklater for Director. And – it’s another film that debuted at Sundance last year.

I’m surprised Unbroken is not among the list. It’s a tough movie to watch but I’m glad I saw it. It’s another true story, this time about Olympian Louis Zamperini who spends time as a prisoner of war during World War II. Angelina Jolie directed but the movie is only up for Best Cinematography, Best sound mixing, and Best Sound Editing.

No love went to Jennifer Aniston for her role in Cake, a dark drama for which she was acknowledged in the Golden Globes with a nomination as best actress in a drama. Similarly, Amy Adams, who won the Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical, (Big Eyes) didn’t even make the Oscar list.

Still Alice shows up with a nom for Best Actress for Julianne Moore who already took the Golden Globe. While Felicity Jones does a stellar job expressing the nuances of change in The Theory of Everything, and Rosamund Pike creates a convincing portrayal of a psychopath in Gone Girl, the Oscar will probably go to Julianne Moore for playing a 50-year-old professor “struggling with, not suffering from” (as she said in the film), an early onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

The Academy Awards airs on February 22 on 6abc. But first, the next awards show will be the SAG Awards (Screen Actors Guild) on Sunday, January 25 on TNT and TBS. This awards show only focuses on the actors and is determined by the members of the guild of which I am a member. I will cast my vote and then watch the show with my fellow actors at a soiree in South Philly at the IATSE union hall.

Here is the list of nominees in some of the categories:

Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall - The Judge

Ethan Hawk - Boyhood

Ed Norton - Birdman

Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

JK Simmons - Whiplash

Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Laura Dern - Wild

Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game

Emma Stone - Birdman

Meryl Streep – Into the Woods

Adapted Screenplay

Inherent Vice

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash

American Sniper

The Imitation Game

Original Screenplay

Birdman

Boyhood

Foxcatcher

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Nightcrawler

Original Score

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation game

Interstellar

Mr. Turner

The Theory of everything

Directing

Birdman

Boyhood

Foxcatcher

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation game

Actress Lead

Marion Cotillard - Two Days One Night

Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore – Still Alice

Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Actor Lead

Steve Carell - Foxcatcher

Bradley Cooper – American Sniper

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game

Michael Keaton - Birdman

Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Best Picture

American Sniper

Birdman

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash

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The Festival kicks off with a special presentation of St. Vincent, a rousing comedy starring Bill Murray. Director Ted Melfi and young actor and Philadelphia native, Jaeden Lieberher will be in attendance for Q&A afterward. Also on Opening night will be Birdman, starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Naomi Watts and Emma Stone.

Closing night is Wild, the critical hit out of the 2014 Toronto Film Festival starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Gabby Hoffman.

What’s really fun about film festivals is you see films before they are distributed worldwide, and you see films that may never be distributed.

One of the films I saw at Sundance in January that will play at the PFF is Listen Up Philip directed by Alex Ross Perry who grew up in
Bryn Mawr. His father, Roy Perry, works with us here at Greater Media.

This third feature of his has the biggest names yet – Elisabeth Moss (Peggy from Mad Men) and Jason Schwartman (HBO’s Bored to Death, Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom, Saving Mr. Banks).

Perry will be present at the PFF to field questions after the screening on Sunday, October 19 at the Ritz East – Showtime is 7:10 pm. The movie is also showing on Sunday, October 26 at 12:15 pm at the Ritz East.

Happy Valley is another film that has a local edge. It’s a documentary described by the PFF this way:

“…Happy Valley is a comprehensive look at the horrifying story of what might have been an open secret of corruption and pedophilia, and a thoughtful meditation on the nature of fandom.”

This doc will show twice – Tuesday, October 21 at the Prince Theater, and Sunday, October 26 at the Ritz East. Director Amir Bar-Lev will be in attendance at both.

I recommend seeing The Good Lie that stars Reese Witherspoon.

The Good Lie was inspired by a true story of child refugees from the 1983 war in Sudan who trekked some 785 miles to find safety in a refugee camp in Kenya. After 13 years living there in very modest conditions, some were chosen to move to America.

The film focuses on three men and a woman, part of what became known as the Lost Boys and Girls about which many books, films and plays have been made. Reese Witherspoon works for an employment agency responsible for finding them work. I found this movie to be very moving and inspiring.  It screens on Sunday, Oct 19 at 8 pm at the Prince Music Theater. 

The 23^rd Philadelphia Film Festival
October 16 – 26, 2014

Participating venues:

Perelman Theater  300 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
PFS Roxy Theater  2023 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Prince Music Theater  1412 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Bourse  400 Ranstead St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Ritz East  125 S. 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

The full Festival schedule and digital Festival Program Guide is available online: www.filmadelphia.org/festival or in person at the PFS Roxy Theater

Tickets online: www.filmadelphia.org/festival, or in-person at the Main Box Office in the PFS Roxy Theater.

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In a bold, pioneering move, U2 released the album for free to every iTunes user. The complete album appeared in a user’s music library – no downloading necessary – all a person has to do is go to their iTunes music library, check the “Recently Added” section, and there it is.

Apple has had a ten-year history with U2 when the band first appeared in a TV commercial for the iPod. Apple bought the new album as a gift to give all their music customers.

CEO of Apple, Tim Cook called it "the biggest album release in the history of music" because the album is being automatically distributed into the music libraries of everyone with an iTunes account -- more than half a billion people.

Bono explained, “Part of the DNA of this band has always been the desire to get our music to as many people as possible. In the next 24 hours, over a half a billion people are going to have Songs of Innocence… should they choose to check it out. That is so exciting. People who haven’t heard our music, or weren’t remotely interested, might play us for the first time because we’re in their library.”

He added, “What a mind blowing, head scratching, 21st century situation. Over 500 million people… that’s a billion ears. And for the people out there who have no interest in checking us out, look at it this way… the blood, sweat and tears of some Irish guys are in your junk mail.”

On October 14th the physical release of Songs of Innocence on CD will be available to purchase with a 24-page booklet. Another option will be a deluxe, gatefold double album, containing an acoustic session of songs from the album and four additional tracks.

Songs of Innocence was recorded in Dublin, London, New York and Los Angeles and is produced by Danger Mouse, who won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for Lonely Boy; along with Paul Epworth who has produced Adele, Florence and the Machine, Coldplay; Ryan Tedder, the frontman of the pop rock band OneRepublic whose production credits include Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood; Declan Gaffney, who worked on U2’s last album No Line On The Horizon; and Flood, (New Order, U2, PJ Harvey, The Smashing Pumpkins). The album closes with The Troubles featuring the distinctive vocals of Swedish indie singer-songwriter Lykke Li, a 28-year old Swedish pop singer-songwriter appearing in Philadelphia at Union Transfer on October 1^st. 

There are hints that Chris Martin of Coldplay was involved in the recording. Apparently his name is credited in the 24-page booklet that only comes with the hard copy of the CD on October 14^th, the day after the free iTunes delivery stops. A simple “thank you for your contributions” is all we’ve heard about the credit but there are pictures of Martin entering, leaving and IN a studio in New York while U2 was recording.

Photo here is the album cover.

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If you do venture into those wild waters with something new, it’s best that a known commodity be behind it. How To Get Away with Murder has just that.  It comes from one of most successful show creators out there -  Shonda Rhimes.  Everything she touches seems to turn to gold.

Her medical drama, Grey’s Anatomy was ranked the highest rated drama in a key age group 18-49, has won many awards and is about to kick off its 11^th season. (10 seasons is the usual pinnacle). Rhimes’ newer entry, Scandal, that started in 2012 also ranks as one of the highest rated dramas on television. 

She has had her miss-steps, though. The Practice, a spin off of Grey’s only lasted two seasons, and several other shows never got off the ground.

We Philadelphia residents have more of a stake in Murder’s success since the story is based here. Yes, the show is filled with our landmarks like City Hall, and it would be nice to have the work for actors and crew if it continued to film here but after the first episode, production moved to Los Angeles for the remainder of the series.

Other locales used in the first episode include Bryn Mawr College although it’s named something else in the show.

The star of this legal thriller, Viola Davis moves from the big screen (Doubt, The Help) to her television close-up. I saw a preview of the first episode recently at 6ABC studios on City Avenue, and by all accounts, she rocked it.

I had a little trouble with the show being very dark, visually. There were a lot of nighttime scenes that made it hard to make out the faces. If the audiences can get past that, and get hooked into the storyline and characters, the series could catch on…. as long as we can take ourselves away from Facebook and You Tube long enough to watch.   

Premieres Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 10:00 - 11:00 pm on 6ABC

Photo credits and captions:

Viola Davis - (photo by ABC/Bob D’Amico)

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Now he’s making a documentary called “Platinum Rush; a film by a songwriter.“ To help fund the project, he reached out to friends and fans through Kickstarter to donate money.  I dove right in because I’ve always believed in Scot’s talent.

The way Kickstarter works is, Scot offered incentives to pay back his donors. In my case, I chose the incentive that he write a song about me. I’ve posted it here.

I was the first person to play Scot’s original music on the radio back in the nineties when I had my show “Street Beat” on WMMR, and that’s what he wrote the song about. 

It’s fun to be part of a project like this by donating money to the cause. I’ll always have the song Scot wrote about me, and I wanted to share it with you. (I’m gloating, I know….)

I’ll keep you posted about the film. I can’t wait to see it!

To find out more about Scot, read his bio.

I wrote an article about him late last year called How Music saved Scot Sax

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In celebration of 20 years of concerts on the waterfront, Live Nation and Susquehanna Bank Center are giving our loyal music fans an opportunity to see over 20 shows for $20*. The “20for 20” promotion includes over 20 shows currently on sale at Susquehanna Bank Center, where fans can get $20* lawn seats (or reserved where available) now through Tuesday, May 20^th!

Over the past 20 years, the Camden waterfront has hosted many of the world’s largest and most iconic performers in the world. From festivals to radio shows and beyond, the amphitheater has seen artists like Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, Roger Waters, Foo Fighters, JAY Z and One Direction along with summer staples like Dave Matthews Band, Jimmy Buffett, Vans Warped Tour and Brad Paisley.

In honor of this momentous year, Susquehanna Bank Center is including the following shows in this limited time offer:

·         MMR*B*Q 2014 ft. Rob Zombie, Volbeat, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience, Dropkick Murphys, Fuel (w/ Bret Scalions), Redlight King, Jim Breuer Band, John the Conqueror

·         7^th Annual Radio 104.5 Birthday Show ft. Foster The People, Third Eye Blind, Cage the Elephant, Bastille, Foals and Kongos

·         Brad Paisley with Randy Houser, Leah Turner, Charlie Worsham and Dee Jay Silver

·         WXPN Welcomes Ray LaMontagne with Jason Isbell and The Belle Brigade

·         Tim McGraw with Kip Moore and Cassadee Pope

·         Zac Brown Band

·         Backstreet Boys with very special guest Avril Lavigne

·         Journey & Steve Miller Band with Tower of Power

·         Radio 104.5 Presents Fall Out Boy & Paramore: Monumentour

·         Mix 106 Presents Summer Jam 2014 ft. OneRepublic with The Script

·         WMGK Let Freedom Rock Fest: Foreigner, Styx, Don Felder

·         Lynyrd Skynyrd / Bad Company with Steve Rodger and The Dead Daisies

·         James Taylor

·         Lionel Richie – All The Hits All Night Long Tour with CeeLo Green

·         Under the Influence of Music Tour: Wiz Khalifa, Young Jeezy, Tyga, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich Homie Quan, Sage The Gemini, IAMSU, Mack Wilds, DJ Drama

·         XPoNential Music Festival ft. Beck, Band of Horses and The Districts

·         XPoNential Music Festival ft. Ryan Adams, Jenny Lewis and Dawes

·         Nine Inch Nails & Soundgarden with Death Grips

·         WMMR Presents Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival ft. Avenged Sevenfold, KORN, Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Suicide Silence, Miss May I, Mushroomhead, Texas Hippie Coalition, Upon a Burning Body, Veil of Maya and Darkest Hour

·         Def Leppard & Kiss

·         Linkin Park with Thirty Seconds To Mars and A.F.I.

·         Goo Goo Dolls and Daughtry with Plain White T’s

·         Dodge Presents Motley Crue – The Final Tour with Alice Cooper

*Offer on lawn or reserved seats where available, valid for a limited time, while supplies last, additional fees apply.*

Tickets are available at Ticketmater.com, SBC Box Office, Live Nation Box Office, Ticketmaster Outlets or by-phone at 800-745-3000.

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On August 6th, Emma's family had their world turned upside down. Emma was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma. Emma has a long road to recovery, and we're all very positive that she will beat this disease.

All money raised for this event will go directly to Emma's parents help offset some of the accruing medical expenses.

Registration will open at 12:00 and close at 2:00. The Show will run till 5:00. The Top 25 trophies that will be 2' tall. Best of Show: Car, Truck and Bike will all be 3' tall. Emma will have her own special pick which will be 4' tall.
If you're free this weekend, we'd love to see you come to our event, and give Emma and her family all the support they need. Let them know that they aren't in this fight alone! More Info

Emma's parents, Chris and Trina, have started a Caring Bridge journal for anyone who would like to follow along as Emma beats this!
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/emmadeiley

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The 5 bands will compete to win a $2000 donation to their charity of choice, free recording time at Philly Sound Studios & the title ROCK MD CHAMPIONS.

Tickets ($10) can be purchased online or at the door that evening.

This year's celebrity judging panel includes:
David Uosikkinen drummer in The Hooters & In The Pocket
Dave Kinchen, Reporter, FOX 29 News

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A $20 donation per rider that includes a t-shirt and buffet with raffles, prizes and live music by Midnight Social.

For more information visit diabetesdownsyndromebikerun.com

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"The Nathan Spear Regional Burn Treatment Center” at Crozer Chester Medical Center is proud to be celebrating 40 years of providing specialized burn care to the Delaware Valley. The Burn Center opened in November, 1973. The Burn Center was the first in the state of Pennsylvania to be verified by the American Burn Association and the AmericanCollege of Surgeons in June, 2000. The Out-patientBurnWoundCareCenter opened in 1996. More than 11,000 admitted patients and more than 8,000 out-patients over the years.

Burn Center is also proud to support a strong Out-Reach Community Program that focuses on pediatric school re-entry, occupational work re-entry, burn safety and prevention for all ages. They also provide health care education in the forms of observational experiences, an Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) course with the American Burn Association, as well as the Student Nurse Program that reaches numerous nursing programs throughout the tri-state area.”

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TASTE OF BERWYN is a not-to-be-missed community food, music, arts, and fun festival for the whole family.

Tickets will be $5 at the door for adults age 21 and over. Those under age 21 enter for free.

Free Parking available.

For the benefit of Daemion Counseling Center
www.daemioncounseling.org

Like us and share on the TASTE OF BERWYN Facebook page. Post your photos on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter using #TasteOfBerwyn
www.tasteofberwyn.com

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The Breathing Room Foundation's mission is to provide care and support to families affected by cancer. This is truly neighbors helping neighbors, as they adopt families in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, and Delaware counties. They are serving 628 families this year, with more reaching out every day. $.95 of every $1.00 raised goes directly to their programs!

To learn more about their organization, visit their website here.

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The 3rd annual Protect the Badge Golf tournament, which benefits officers killed in the line of duty. This is for the families of any officer in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Chester or Delaware county lost while serving the public. Their hope is to raise as much money as possible to help the family in their time of need. They are looking for golfers and sponsorship/product donation.

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Embedded below, the clip plays out like a stereotypical episode of VH1’s Behind The Music.  It even sounds like they got the same guy to do the voice over, too! (A check to said voice actor’s IMDb page doesn’t list a credit for Rock The Kasbah, so who knows if it’s the same guy.)

Anyway…there are plenty of guest appearances in the 2:24 video, from Willie Nelson to Steven Van Zandt, but the best parts are some of the things for which Lanz is credited, like telling Slash to wear a top hat or Jimi Hendrix’s classic performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Either way, if you weren’t planning on seeing this film already, you might just your mind.

Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock reporter who never leaves home without her iPod, because to her, there’s something very comforting about carrying around every piece of music she’s ever owned in her life.

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In speaking with U.K.’s The Guardian, Henley said, “A lot of people on the outside believe a lot of the b*llshit in Don Felder’s book and believe Glenn Frey and I are some kind of tyrants.  The fact is, we are largely responsible both for the longevity and the success of this band. Because we did it our way, and a lot of people didn’t like that.”

To really drive home his point, Henley adds, “Felder’s just bitter because he got kicked out of the group so he decided to write a nasty little tell-all, which I think is a really low, cheap shot. I mean, I could write some stuff about him that would make your moustache curl.”

Ouch!  We’re not sure what type of stories could actually curl a moustache, but frankly, we’re too nervous to find out.

So far, Felder hasn’t responded to Henley’s comments, but if he does, it’s a safe bet he won’t hold back.

Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock reporter who never leaves home without her iPod, because to her, there’s something very comforting about carrying around every piece of music she’s ever owned in her life.

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Check out Art Garfunkel joining “Black Simon & Garfunkel” (AKA:  Questlove and Captain Kirk Douglas from Tonight Show houseband The Roots) as they cover the pop hit “Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weeknd in the style of Simon & Garfunkel.

Of course, this isn’t the first time Fallon has done something like this.  Remember when he imitated Neil Young and was joined by Crosby, Stills & Nash for a rendition of the Iggy Azalea hit “Fancy?”  Too funny!

Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock reporter who never leaves home without her iPod, because to her, there’s something very comforting about carrying around every piece of music she’s ever owned in her life.

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Fathom Events has announced that encore screenings of the documentary about Waters's 2010-13 touring presentation of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" -- which screened this past Tuesday (September 29) -- will begin on October 15 in about 250 theaters; locations and dates can be found at RogerWatersTheWall.com.

Waters tells us he's pleased with the after-life the film has afforded the tour and that interest has remained for the documentary since its premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival:

"It's been sort of a lovely surprise, really, that it developed in the way that it did, and the tour couldn't have gone better...and the film has gone well. I'm quite glad that we weren't snapped up after TIFF 'cause it gave (co-director) Sean Evans and I the opportunity to reexamine some of the bits in the middle of the film and change it a bit and add a bit more of the road trip and change things a bit. It was really important to have the extra five months to do that."

 

A DVD and CD version of the film is expected to be announced soon, while Waters is also working on a stage adaptation of The Wall as well as a new album.

Gary Graff is an award-winning music journalist who not only covers music but has written books on Bob Seger, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen.

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The document -- which previously sold for $375,000 at another auction -- is signed by all four members and Epstein, while some of the Beatles' parents had to give their blessing because some of the Fabs were too young to sign for themselves. It's the only managerial contract of any kind signed by all four Beatles and Epstein.

...Meanwhile, reports out of Hollywood indicate an animated feature titled "Meet The Beatles" is on the way.

Tracking-Board.com reports that "Paddington" director Paul King is helming the authorized production, which will be co-produced by Harry Potter's David Heyman and written by Jay Stern. There's no word yet on when production will begin or when the film will be released. Director Robert Zemeckis was planning a 3D remake of "Yellow Submarine" in 2010, but that never transpired.

...And finally, Ringo Starr and his latest All-Starr Band kick off a North American tour tonight (October 1) in San Francisco that's slated to run all month, finishing Halloween night (October 31) in Brooklyn.

Gary Graff is an award-winning music journalist who not only covers music but has written books on Bob Seger, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen.

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Due out October 6, the video game Rock Band 4 will feature two tracks from U2:  “I Will Follow” off their 1980 debut album Boy and “Cedarwood Road” off their 2014 album Songs of Innocence.  Check out a preview of the game below!

Rock Band 4 will be available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 systems and will feature music from Aerosmith, The Black Keys, Elvis Presley, Foo Fighters, Van Halen, The Who and many more!

Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock reporter who never leaves home without her iPod, because to her, there’s something very comforting about carrying around every piece of music she’s ever owned in her life.

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Embedded below is a clip from FunnyOrDie.com featuring Hollywood Vampire members Alice Cooper and Joe Perry who are introduced to their record label’s new A&R guy.  Spoiler:  It doesn’t go so well, and there’s a bunch of NSFW language.

(Side note: Kudos for including Cooper’s long-time manager Shep Gordon, who is definitely one of the most underrated figures in rock history.  If you haven’t seen the documentary Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon, make it the next film you watch.  It’s absolutely incredible!)

Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock reporter who never leaves home without her iPod, because to her, there’s something very comforting about carrying around every piece of music she’s ever owned in her life.

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